Lisa Langlois


Lisa Langlois is a Canadian actress who has appeared in movies, television and theater.

Life and career

Langlois was born in North Bay, Ontario. She spent her childhood years in Hamilton, Ontario, where she attended a French language school becoming fluent in French. In 1974 she represented Hamilton in the Miss Teen Canada beauty pageant, where she finished second. Langlois graduated from McMaster University in Hamilton.
She made her film debut in Claude Chabrol's mystery Blood Relatives opposite Donald Sutherland. Chabrol also cast her in his next feature, Violette Nozière. Langlois made a number of other films in Canada, including the thriller Phobia, directed by John Huston.
She appeared in another 1980 film, Klondike Fever, and played leading roles in three films that have acquired cult followings: the horror film Happy Birthday to Me, the teen actioner Class of 1984, and the killer rat shocker Deadly Eyes.
After this work in Paris and Toronto, Langlois moved to Los Angeles to pursue American projects. She appeared in two Paramount Pictures comedy features: The Man Who Wasn't There, a 3-D production, and National Lampoon's Joy of Sex, directed by Martha Coolidge. In 1985 Langlois co-starred in the romantic comedy The Slugger's Wife, where she played a struggling singer and performed her own musical numbers after auditioning for Quincy Jones. She made guest appearances on television programs such as Murder, She Wrote in 1986, and she performed on stage in the La Jolla Playhouse's production of Once in a Lifetime in 1988. She played the heroine in Roger Corman's horror film The Nest and co-starred in an hour-long episode of Nightmare Classics, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".
During the 1990s Langlois moved back to Canada. She worked steadily including parts in the action pictures The White Tiger and The Final Cut, alongside Sam Elliott. She made appearances in the television series Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction?, Vengeance Unlimited, and Relic Hunter. After a brief hiatus she returned to the Los Angeles stage in 2004, starring in Jungle Express in Malibu.
More recently, Langlois had a co-starring role in The Perfect Marriage, a thriller that premiered on Lifetime Television; in 2007 she had a recurring role in the TV series The L Word. In 2010, she appeared in Summer Eleven directed by Joseph Kell, her former co-star from Deadly Eyes.
Langlois has a son, Emerson.

Filmography

Movies

YearTitleRoleNotes
1977The StowawayGeorginaShort
1978Blood RelativesMuriel Stark
1978VioletteMaddy
1980Klondike FeverDiamond Tooth Gertie
1980It Rained All Night the Day I LeftSuzanna
1980PhobiaLaura Adams
1981Happy Birthday to MeAmelia
1982Class of 1984Patsy
1982Deadly EyesTrudy White
1982Hard FeelingsBarbara Holland
1983The Man Who Wasn't ThereCindy Worth
1984Joy of SexMelanie
1985The Slugger's WifeAline Cooper
1988The NestElizabeth Johnson
1988TransformationsMiranda
1989MindfieldSarah Paradis
1996The Final CutSara
1996White TigerJoanne Grogan
2008Poe: Last Days of the RavenJane Stanard
2010Summer ElevenJenine
2015Relentless JusticeGloria Curtis
2022Hotel for the HolidaysMadame Fontaine
2023Silver FoxJoanna

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1975Sidestreet
1983Hangin' InFaye / Gail2 episodes: "Love Is Deaf", "I've Got a Secret"
1985The Edison TwinsAlison1 Episode: "My House Is Your House"
1986Murder, She WroteKitty Manette1 Episode: "The Perfect Foil"
1986Doing LifeRose-Ann RosenbergTV movie
1989Nightmare Classics1 Episode: "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
1990Father Dowling MysteriesCarol Van Horn1 Episode: "The Ghost of a Chance Mystery"
1994Forever KnightLaura / Marise1 Episode: "Capital Offense"
1998Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionEmma Jansen1 Episode: "Count Mystery"
1998Psi Factor: Chronicles of the ParanormalDr. Judith Taggart1 Episode: "Absolution"
1999Vengeance UnlimitedHelen Clemente1 Episode: "Vendetta"
2000Relic HunterMonica1 Episode: "Fertile Ground"
2006The Perfect MarriageCarrie HollingsTV movie
2007Fire SerpentHeather AllmanTV movie
2007Framed for MurderDiane DesalvoTV movie
2006–07Hank William's First NationMonique Savard4 episodes
2007–19HeartlandMarion Fleming3 episodes: "Coming Home", "Full Circle", "The Passing of the Torch"
2008The L WordAndrea2 episodes: "Liquid Heat", "Lunar Cycle"
2016Our World TodayPretty Funny Woman18 episodes
2017Mommy's Little BoyPrincipal ReynoldsTV movie
2021A Chance for ChristmasWandaTV movie
2022Lemonade Stand RomanceGladys McTavishTV Movie
2025The Perfect SettingMiss HaenardTV Movie
2025Murdoch MysteriesIda McKayEpisode: "The Wrong Man"
2025The Nanny Sees AllVivianTV Movie